Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-08 12:36:00

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cosmopolitan, inactive - eli paravich, jon kent, plot - "12-step", svalin

Settling In
The displaced Avengers had been taken back to the JLA headquarters and had been shown to quarters. Svalin may have stared at Jon a bit on the way back, but she looked away every time he looked at her or Vernique looked at both of them. There may have been some red on her cheeks when someone caught her looking at Jon.

Jon was familiar in a way, but Svalin couldn't place from where. It tickled at the back of her mind and would drive her crazy until she figured it out. For now she focused on what needed to be done.

Svalin dropped her belongings on the bed and pulled out her whet stone. She sat on the bed and started sharpening the edge of her sword. There was some time before they were to meet and discuss what was going to come next.

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	first_son 2011-01-11 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	"No, no, you won't have to cook. We're going out. Just trying to figure out where you might like to go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I art not from here, mayhap it ist best thou decide where to eat," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Alright then, burgers it is. There's a great place a couple blocks from here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Burgers wouldst be perfect," she said with a smile. "Doth thou know where I couldst exchange some gold for money? I hath promised Vernique some shopping during our stay here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	"We can probably arrange something, but I also think I know some people who'd be happy to take you shopping, or maybe just keep her occupied at the stores if you'd rather avoid it. Til then, don't worry about it. Dinner is on me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't mind going with her," Svalin said. "It doth help me learn more about Migard and Vernique ist always pleasant company." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Fair enough. The two of you seemed pretty close. She ought to talk to Petra, at least. She can direct you to some of the better stores. I'm afraid I won't be much help for that, though the Mall of Tomorrow has a pretty good range of stores." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	"We art. It hath been just the six of us for the past seven months. We hath all become close and they art good friends." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I can see where that would happen, yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin didn't forget her hot chocolate and finished off the last of it. It was very good and she would have to try to find a place in her world where they made it the same way or very close. "It may sound strange, but they art among the first friends I hath made." She set her cup down. "Thank thee for the hot chocolate." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course. Glad to hear you've made such good friends. I've lived pretty much my entire life among the cape and cowl set, and gotten to know just about everyone, at least of the legacies. You ready for dinner?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "Aye if thou art." She stood up, but for some reason didn't let go of his hand. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	He gets up as well, giving her hand a light squeeze, then heads for the gourmet burger place - one of his favorites in Metropolis. "You guy are getting quite a bit of attention. A lot of folks are wondering if this Kang has something to do with some of the current situation. If so, you'll have plenty of backup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2011-01-11 08:28 pm UTC (link)

"Kang hath been giving technology to those who shouldst not have it, but the weapon that hit you didst wast more magical in nature than tech. I doth not believe this wast Kang's work. Kang ist not one to deal in magic or magical weapons."

She fell into step beside him and found it quite surprising that she wasn't that much taller than he. She was used to mortals being a good deal shorter than she.

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first_son
2011-01-11 08:33 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, I'm not as resistant to magic as I am to most other things. I didn't recognize a lot of our attackers, but some of their weapons and methods were familiar. Someone had been planning that for a while. And it sounds like Kang is perfectly willing to work with others. And even if he had nothing to do with that, doesn't mean he isn't here or up to something on his own."

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shield_maiden
2011-01-11 09:41 pm UTC (link)

"Aye," she said. "In the past his interference hath been most obvious. It ist hard to tell here, but I doth know that Kang doth not deal with magic and those weapons wert magical in nature."

"It doth not make much sense if we wert sent here and there wast no interference from Kang," she said as they walked. "In the past eras he hath given weapons to various groups to easily conqueror the world and in the future we helped our children battle him. This ist most vexing."

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	first_son 2011-01-11 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Hmm, so last world, it was just all of you, and your kids, against Kang?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "Aye. The six of us and the eight of them. We didst employ most unusual tactics and though we didst not defeat Kang, we didst save their world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	"He must have some pretty impressive technology to hold off all of you and still avoid capture. We'll have to be prepared, though we have some pretty high tech villains here too. Anything else about his M.O. we should know?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	"There art occasions when he wilt have a few powerful individual guarding him. In the future it wast the Sentry. An almost invincible foe, but mine possible son didst defeat him once we lured Sentry away from Kang's fortress." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Jon blinks, Kryptonian mind chewing on that. "An almost invincible foe... but Kang convinced him to work with him? That brings some very bad possibilities to mind, all of a sudden." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	"The Sentry wast mentally unstable, so it wouldst not be hard to manipulate him. Which ist what Kang apparently did." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

first_son
2011-01-11 10:17 pm UTC (link)

"From what you've said, he's well prepared. He wouldn't try and set himself up here without... something he thinks can give him some security, and based on what we know, I don't think he could stand against the league for long on his own. He doesn't use magic... so that eliminates some of the possibilities. There's some others. I can hope he doesn't ally with Brainiac or something."

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-11 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	"I art concerned that there ist not any signs. Kang ist not subtle. According to Vernique I know all about not being subtle. She sayeth it ist a cultural thing with Asgardians." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-11 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure we'll turn up something. I have to say though, from what little I knew about our Asgardians, what there is of them, you're not what I'd have expected." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)